Umbrella.



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UNITED VSTATES, PATENT oer-Ion GEORGE S. BOXVLING AND JAMES M. BOWLIG,OF (,'LARKSVILL TENNESSEE.

UMB'RELLA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 14, 1906.

Application led January 16,1906. Serial No. 296,278.

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Be itknown that we, GEORGE S BowLING and Jaulas M. BOWLING, citizens ofI he United States. residing at Clarksville, in the count-y ofMontgomerv and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Umbrellas; and we do declare the following to bc a full,clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as till enable othersskilled inthe art to which it tains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to improvements in umbrellas, parasols, and thelike, and more particularl)v to one in which the frame or top 1smount-cd to revolve.

The object of the invention is to provide an umbrella. of this characterin which its frame or top will be revolublv mounted in a simple andpractical manner, so that it may revolve with respect to the handle whena person or obstruction of any kind strikes it, the re.

volving of the frame or top preventing injury to the covering and alsothe wrenching or twisting of oncs hand.

Another object of the invention is to pr0- vide an umbrella having arevolublv-mounted frame or top which may bc readily held againstrotation b v locking it to the handle.

fith the above and other objects in view the invention consists ofcertain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement ofdevices, as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure] is a side elevation of an umbrellaconstructed in accordance with our invention, the frame or top being inits elevated or open position. Fig. 2 is a. detail view, on an enlargedscale, of the upper portion of the handle and the lower' portion of therod or stick. Fig. 3 is a View similar to Fig. 2 looking in a plane atright angles to the same. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional viewthrough the parts shown in Fig. 2. Figs. 5 and 6 are transversesectional views taken on the lines 5 5 and 6 6 in Fig. 4; and Fig. 7 isa detail view, partly in section, of the lower end of the rod removedfrom the handle.

Referring to the drawings b v numeral, 1 denotes an umbrella or thelikeof any wellknown or preferred construction, consisting of a handle2, a rod or stick 3, and a frame or top 4.

In the practice of our invention we preferapperl ablv mount the top 4 sothat it revolves in rel spcct to the handle 2, and we may do this by lmaking the frame or top 4 revolve upon the stick or stem 3 or b v makingthe latter revolve in the handle 2. 'e preferably adopt the lattercourse, as in the present embodiment of the invention. and secure thetop or frame 4 rigidi)v upon the stem 3. l The stem 3 is here shown inthc form of a meta-l tube which has its lower end projecting into anopening or socket in the handle Z and secured therein. The handleZearries at its upper end a iixed ferrule 5, from which the rod extendsand in which it ma)v either turn or rotate freely or be locked therein,aspres- Vently explained. The ferrule 5 consists of a cylindrical outertube or band 6, which fits over and is secured to the end of the handle,and an inner tubular sleeve or thimble 7, which is rigidly secured inthe closed end 8 of the outer band 6. The lower end of the rod 3projects through and rotates in the sleeve 7, but is prevented frommoving endwise therein b vthe cross-pin 9, located in the lower portionof therod, and a locking-dog 10, arranged in the rod at the closed end 8of the ferrule. This locking dog or pawl is in the form of a notchedplate, which is pivotally mounted, as at 11, in the rod and slidesradiallv in a longitudinal slot 12, formed therein. A spring 13 forcesthe dog or catch 10 normally out through the slot 12, so that its end 14enters one or more notches 15, formed in the upper or outer end of thesleeve 7, and locks the rod to said sleeve, and hence to the ferrule,aud at the same time prevents endwise movement of the rod and ferrulewith respect to each other. When the dog or catch 10 is forced into therod, its end 14 disengagcs the notches 15, so that the rod can turnfrechv in the sleeve 7. The dog or catch 1() may be quickly movedinwardly to its released or disengaged position and retained in suchposition by a. collar or sleeve 16, which is slidablv mounted upon therod 3 between the upper end of the ferrule and the lowermostspring-catch, which holds the umbrella-frame in its closed position.

The construction, operation, and advantages of the invention will bereadily understood from the foregoing description, t-aken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings. It will be seen that when the operatingcollar or band 16 is moved up upon the rod 3 outof engagement with thedog or cat-ch 10 the rod will be locked to the ferrulc, and hence to thehandle, so that the top 4 cannot rotate, and that' when said collar ismoved down over the inclined projecting edge of' the dog or catch 10, soas to force the same through the slot 12 into the rod, its end 14disengages one of the slots or notches 15 in the sleeve and permits therod to rotate freeljrin the handle. When it is permitted to rotate,there is little or no liability of the cover being torn or injured bystriking ob- {ec-ts, and the umbrella can be more easil)Y iandled inwindy weather, there being no strain upon the frame of the top 4. 'henit is desired to roll the. corner of the top or when it is desired tohave the top iixed with respect to the handle 2, the collar 16 is simplypushed up upon the rod to release the catch or dog 10, as will bereadily understood.

Various changes in the ,orm, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction maybe resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention as defined by theappended claims.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure b v Letters Patent, is-

1. An umbrella comprising a handle, a rod or stick revolubly mount-ed insaid handle, a spring-actuated lock1ng-dog carried by said rod or stickand adapted to engage a seat in said handle to prevent the rotation olsaid rod or stick, and means for retracting said dog or catch.

2. An umbrella comprising a handle, a rod 0r stick revolubly mounted insaid handle, a spring-actuated locking-dog carried by said rod or stickand adapted to engage a seat in said handle to prevent the rotation ofsaid rod or stick, and a sliding collar upon said rod adapted to coactwith said dog or catch, substantially as described.

3. An umbrella comprising a handle, a fer- 4 rule secured thereon andhaving a tubular lguide-sleeve projectinjr into said handle, a tu bularrod mounted to rotate in said sleeve, a pivotallv-mounted,spring-actuated lockingdog,r in said tubular rod adapted to engage a 5seat in said sleeve to lock said rod against movement in said sleeve,and a sliding| collar upon said rod adapted to retract said dog and holdit in its` retracted position, substantially as described and for thepurpose set forth. 5

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

GEORGE S. BOYLING. JAMES )L BOVLIN G.

Titnesses T. M. LAWRENCE. WESLEY DRAM.

